Snapshot  

Change the background  

Get up closer  

Convert to B&W  

Move your feet  

Move your body  

Go low  

Move move move..... 

When all else fails and you can not get out to shoot find one subject and take different shots of it.

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These were not taken with the macro lens

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The next shots were so gross for me to take but I had to do it.  Had to use the macro on something small.....here it is:

Nasty   teeny  tiny  creatures........yuck!! (that is how addictive photography is)